As of this afternoon Sunday, 29th March, 2020 the Ministry of Health has reported that there are two more confirmed cases of the Covid-19 virus. The Ministry of Health added that the latest case is a close contact of someone who tested positive for COVID-19 and the second newly confirmed case is pending epidemiological investigation.
The Ministry also reported the following:
Number of samples submitted to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for testing for COVID-19 – 525
Number of samples which have tested positive – 78
Number of deaths – 3
Number of persons discharged – 1
Of the total number of positive cases, 49 of these positive cases came from the group of nationals who recently returned from a cruise:
46 positive cases from the group of 68 nationals who returned from the cruise together
3 positive cases from the group of nationals who returned from the same cruise separately from the other 68 nationals.